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 Rheum n.  Med. A serous or mucous discharge, especially one from the eves or nose.
    I have a rheum in mine eyes too.   --Shak.
 Salt rheum. Med. See Salt rheum, in the Vocabulary.
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 Salt rheum Med. A popular name, esp. in the United States, for various cutaneous eruptions, particularly for those of eczema. See Eczema.
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 Ec·ze·ma n.  Med. An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin covered with crusts; -- called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.
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